Cohen’s claims
IN A stunning 30-minute testimony Donald Trump’s disgraced lawyer Michael Cohen said:
Email leaks
Trump knew about a leak by Julian Assange’s Wikileaks of a cache of emails that would damage his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
Porn star pay off
Trump ordered Cohen to pay £98,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up an affair and also told the lawyer to lie about it to First Lady Melania Trump..
Racist outbursts
When driving through a poor part of Chicago during Barack Obama’s administration, Trump told him “only black people could live that way”. He accused the president of courting “white supremacists and bigots” and of saying countries run by black people were “s***holes”.
Opportunist
Trump ran for the presidency as a “marketing opportunity” and described it as “the greatest infomercial in political history”.
Russian links
The president knew of ongoing negotiations for a Trump Tower in Moscow during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Grades threats
Cohen was told by the president to threaten Trump’s high school, colleges and the US College Board never to release his grades.
Draft dodger
Cohen said Trump told him: “‘You think I’m stupid, I wasn’t going to Vietnam’” after telling the lawyer he had never had surgery on a bone spur which was his excuse for avoiding the draft.